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JournalISSN: 0950-4230

Journal of Loss Prevention in The Process Industries 

Elsevier BV
About: Journal of Loss Prevention in The Process Industries is an academic journal published by Elsevier BV. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Dust explosion & Ignition system. It has an ISSN identifier of 0950-4230. Over the lifetime, 4066 publications have been published receiving 92408 citations.


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TL;DR: There are many techniques available to control VOCs emission (destruction based and recovery based) with many advantages and limitations as mentioned in this paper, however, deciding on a particular technique becomes a difficult task.
Abstract: Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are among the most common air pollutants emitted from chemical, petrochemical, and allied industries. VOCs are one of the main sources of photochemical reaction in the atmosphere leading to various environmental hazards; on the other hand, these VOCs have good commercial value. Growing environmental awareness has put up stringent regulations to control the VOCs emissions. In such circumstances, it becomes mandatory for each VOCs emitting industry or facility to opt for proper VOCs control measures. There are many techniques available to control VOCs emission (destruction based and recovery based) with many advantages and limitations. Therefore, deciding on a particular technique becomes a difficult task. This article illustrates various available options for VOCs control. It further details the merits, demerits and applicability of each option. The authors hope that this article will help in critically analysing the requirements and accordingly decide on the appropriate strategy to control VOCs.

988 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a Fishbone Diagram is applied to analyze the causes that lead to storage tank accidents and corrective actions are also provided to help operating engineers handling similar situations in the future.
Abstract: This paper reviews 242 accidents of storage tanks that occurred in industrial facilities over last 40 years. Fishbone Diagram is applied to analyze the causes that lead to accidents. Corrective actions are also provided to help operating engineers handling similar situations in the future. The results show that 74% of accidents occurred in petroleum refineries, oil terminals or storage. Fire and explosion account for 85% of the accidents. There were 80 accidents (33%) caused by lightning and 72 (30%) caused by human errors including poor operations and maintenance. Other causes were equipment failure, sabotage, crack and rupture, leak and line rupture, static electricity, open flames etc. Most of those accidents would have been avoided if good engineering have been practiced.

432 citations

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TL;DR: This paper identifies the state-of-the-art in leak detection and localization methods and evaluates the capabilities of these techniques in order to identify the advantages and disadvantages of using each leak detection solution.
Abstract: Gas leaks can cause major incidents resulting in both human injuries and financial losses. To avoid such situations, a considerable amount of effort has been devoted to the development of reliable techniques for detecting gas leakage. As knowing about the existence of a leak is not always enough to launch a corrective action, some of the leak detection techniques were designed to allow the possibility of locating the leak. The main purpose of this paper is to identify the state-of-the-art in leak detection and localization methods. Additionally we evaluate the capabilities of these techniques in order to identify the advantages and disadvantages of using each leak detection solution.

429 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a new methodology for risk-based maintenance, which comprises three main modules: risk estimation module, risk evaluation module, and maintenance planning module, which helps management in making correct decisions concerning investment in maintenance or related field.
Abstract: The overall objective of the maintenance process is to increase the profitability of the operation and optimize the total life cycle cost without compromising safety or environmental issues. Risk assessment integrates reliability with safety and environmental issues and therefore can be used as a decision tool for preventive maintenance planning. Maintenance planning based on risk analysis minimizes the probability of system failure and its consequences (related to safety, economic, and environment). It helps management in making correct decisions concerning investment in maintenance or related field. This will, in turn, result in better asset and capital utilization. This paper presents a new methodology for risk-based maintenance. The proposed methodology is comprehensive and quantitative. It comprises three main modules: risk estimation module, risk evaluation module, and maintenance planning module. Details of the three modules are given. A case study, which exemplifies the use of methodology to a heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system, is also discussed.

384 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
2023147
2022301
2021252
2020274
2019189
2018176